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Where does “harakanvarvas” come from?

harakanvarvas (Finnish) comes from Finnish harakka, from Proto-Finnic harakka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śárˀkāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

harakanvarvas (Finnish): "Usually in plural" : chicken scratch, scrawl

Definitions

  1. "Usually in plural" : chicken scratch, scrawl

Ancestry of “harakanvarvas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharakkamagpie; Eurasian magpie, common magpie, magpie,...
2Proto-Finnicharakka—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicśárˀkāˀmagpie
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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